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What is an LDAP (SOMID) account? What is a domain account?
About LDAP (SOMid) Accounts:
Most employees in the School of Medicine have at least two School of Medicine accounts: a domain account and an LDAP account (also referred to as a SOMid account). Your LDAP userid and password are used to log into email and access certain password protected School of Medicine web sites. Examples of where you would user your LDAP credentials are shown below:
About Domain Accounts:
Your domain userid and password are used to log into your machine and map to shared resources in an NT domain. An example of the logon screen where you would use domain credentials are shown below:
Please note: Domain passwords are also used to log into a certain type of email system called Exchange. Only employees who are part of the Department of Medicine (4228) have access to this email system. If you are part of the Department of Medicine, are using Exchange, and need to reset your email password, follow the instructions for resetting your domain password. An example of the web access for Exchange is shown below:
